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hindmilk

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hindmilk,
n thick, nourishing milk that is produced following foremilk during breast-feeding. See also foremilk.
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These processes include determining the time a mother must pump in order to express the calorie-dense hindmilk, capturing the lower-volume, higher-calorie milk that generally occurs late in the day, correcting storage techniques, and so forth.
The ABCs of pre-, neo-, and post-natal testing scientists seeking ... by Bersch, Carren / Medical Laboratory Observer
This makes sure that the baby completely empties the one breast and gets all of the fat rich hindmilk that lingers in the milk ducts until the end of the feeding.
Colic, Breastfeeding and Infant Nutrition - Fat Is where Its at by Beverly OMalley / Family and marriage community
At each feed the breasts produce two types of milk: foremilk, which is produced at the beginning of a feed, and hindmilk, which has more fat, energy and essential nutrients.
Benefits of breast by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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